Experiential Education in the Classroom and Academic Outcomes: For Those Who Want it All

Autor/inn/en	Ives, Bob; Obenchain, Kathryn
Titel	Experiential Education in the Classroom and Academic Outcomes: For Those Who Want it All
Quelle	In: Journal of Experiential Education, 29 (2006) 1, S.61-77 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8259
Schlagwörter	Pretests Posttests; Thinking Skills; Grade 12; Experiential Learning; Instructional Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; United States Government (Course) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	We conducted a pretest-posttest study using measures of higher order thinking skills (HOTS), and lower order thinking skills (LOTS) in six 12th-grade American Government classrooms taught by three experienced teachers over one semester. One of the three teachers implemented a curriculum in two classes based on experiential education (EE) principles with guidance from the investigators. Students in the EE-emphasized classes demonstrated greater gains in HOTS than the students in the other four classes. There was no difference between the two groups in gains for LOTS. These results suggest that EE instruction in high school classes can promote HOTS more than traditional instruction does with no sacrifice in LOTS. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10